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Department of Philosophy

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Publication details for Professor David M. Knight

Knight, D.M. (2002). ‘Scientists and their Publics: Popularization of Science in the Nineteenth Century’. In The Cambridge History of Science. Vol. 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Nye, M.J. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. 5: 72-90.

Author(s) from Durham

Abstract

This is concerned with the reception of science by those outside the scientific community, looking at lectures, exhibitions, popular writings &c.